Merry Austin
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
<p>The Last Rose of Summer is a true story about corruption in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cancer</span></a> research. I discovered a cheap, plant-derived drug that could replace some much more toxic (but more lucrative) therapies. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> got involved and suppressed the research. Eventually I had to publish the story in thinly veiled fiction and survive a bunch of murder attempts.</p><p>"Mary Austin" is a pseudonym, as my publisher forced me to use one. So... hi, I'm "Mary." π€·ββοΈ</p>
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If only this were a real headline... π #Fetterman #Senate #Democrats
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#Baltimore resisters aren't putting up with business as usual. Across the nation, the millions of people who already hit the streets, who just won the cage match for the midterms, are refusing to see all our successes poured down the drain by Vichy Dems. Not least because the Vichy Dems would have thrown us all in death camps in a heartbeat if they thought it would save their hides. #NoKings #50501movement #Senate #Schumer #VanHollen
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I am so excited about this win, and not only because of Flipissippi (although certainly that). WHAT are we going to DO with DEMOCRATS who know how to MESSAGE to NORMAL PEOPLE who AREN'T STUCK IN THE 90s? #MIssissippi #Democrats #FAA #SeanDuffy
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#WashingtonDC resisters are keeping the pressure up! #NoKings #50501movement #Senate #Schumer #VanHollen #Democrats
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/117620988214693845 If by "racial progress" you mean "diarrhea lettuce and canceled flights for people of all races," sure, we've come a long way in two years. π₯²
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WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE IMMEDIATELY EAT FETTERMAN'S DUNKAROOS #Fetterman #Democrats #Senate
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Must be another product she hawks but doesn't consume, because Kirk Hot Sauce wouldn't give you tears. In all seriousness, the Nazi hot sauce ingredient list contains zero (0) peppers of any kind. Edit: I forgot! I'm trying to get thrown out of the #food hashtag
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Btw #Trump hasn't been seen in days, probably because he's getting another one of those IV treatments in his hand. But we can hope...
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Anyone who wants to start the uprising over this, you have my sword. https://slate.com/culture/2026/11/rings-of-power-season-3-lord-of-the-rings-lotr-sauron-galadriel-celeborn-prime-video.html #lotr #books #movies
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Dunno what's worse, her concept of faith or her spelling. Anyway, bye Felicia! #Colorado #Boebert #LaurenBoebert
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Yesterday I saw a goofy internet question that asked whether, for something like $4 million, you would be willing to be an air fryer for three months (It would feel good to fry the food) or whether you would subject your best friend to being a random kitchen appliance for the same sum. And I'm like duuude turn me into an air fryer for free. I would gladly just serve up food and not have to think about fascism for a few months.
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#Denver #Colorado protestors did not let the country down outside the "What's Next" billionaire-backed Dem conference yesterday. These photos are from @rosetinted.vision on Ig and Sunrise Movement, a youth org. #Democrats
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#Florida #DEI
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People on other platforms are joking that Sen Hyde-Smith got to "pick a different protein" by eating crow. But this works at least as well. The cartoonist says "How do you eat an elephant? One bite (and vote) at a time." #Mississippi
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#media #nyt
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#Schumer #Senate #Democrats
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I have no trouble believing this as the explanation for what happened yesterday. But this would have been so unthinkable 10 or even 5 years ago, I frankly don't blame the people who are wondering if there's an even weirder, conspiracy-related reason. There is no bottom with the mutiny of preverts.
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So much ink spilled about how wrong the white pollsters and pundits were and how could this possibly happen... IDK, I'm Jane Q Rando and I called it with no (relevant) professional expertise. All it took was the courage to think straight and cover the protest movement. Instead they hung out in the Nazi bar and read other corporate sellouts' bullcrap and yeah that makes it hard to understand reality in the streets. It's like going to a football game and spending the whole time in t...
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I'm thinking back to 2022 when Leon thought buying Twitter would buy him everyone's minds. Instead, there are already a bunch of articles about how badly ultra MAGAs and a bunch of cowardly journalists missed the boat because they contracted brainworms from hanging out in the Nazi bar. Fascists never engage in self reflection anyway, and now they have a rancid Nazi bar that will further isolate them from reality. At this point they're still talking... https://www.independent.co.uk...
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RE: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3n2ac3smxz22g I've been called a "Marxist" by quite a few RWNJ's and ICE agents over the last two years. The spirit of Marx certainly lives... rent free in their otherwise empty heads. π
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My God, when you've lost Denny's... π¬ "The Dennyβs where Nvidia was born has already removed the sign honoring the company" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/dennys-nvidia-jensen-huang-california-rcna609154 #Nvidia
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#Democrats are having a billionaire-organized convention in #Denver #Colorado this weekend to discuss the future of the party. Yesterday bridge trolls welcomed Democrats to Denver with a banner that said "WELCOME DEMS - WE'RE WATCHING" and one that said "NO SCHUMER CORONATION." This was going on a few hours ago. Of course there's a lot of security around the convention, but there are also a lot of protestors out there already. #NoKings #50501movement
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Senator Tina Smith of #Minnesota is the latest to support #ChrisVanHollen!
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Not that this is the main point, but for a hot second I didn't see the little chihuahua head poking out of that bag and I was like, "Why on earth are they smiling so much over a bag?" Anyway, there you have it: we need leaders who GAF about people with #disability and don't shoot their #dogs. The bar is in hell but by God we will raise it to purgatory for the next two years. As the song goes, you gotta go through hell before you get to Heaven. #healthcare #SocialSecurity #C...
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We are fighting for a future where satire doesn't predict the news. βπΌ
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Prosecutor races have a huge impact on needed criminal justice reform, on eliminating systemic racism. #NorthCarolina just struck a real blow here. https://boltsmag.org/north-carolina-forsyth-county-prosecutor-oneill-loses/ #racism #BlackLivesMatter #CriminalJustice
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BY GEORGE I THINK HE'S GOT IT!
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RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon/117608716482105437 The oil industry locked in so hard on greed they're creating demand destruction and Big Tech really said "Hold my beer." πΊ
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Anti- #DEI measures in #Florida have finally come for St. Patrick's Day and white Florida Men and Women are PISSED. Incredibly, this is not satire. π https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/11/11/florida-residents-lose-it-after-dei-law-backfires/ #racism #Pride
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I was just on another resister organizing call and there was such joy when I told the group that Ayanna Pressley seems to be considering a leadership challenge. We've been busting our butts. We need leaders who will defund the monsters in ICE who are hoping to kill us along with our immigrant neighbors.